What ৡ means
It is for writing Sanskrit with Bangla letters.
The l forms the syllable’s vowel center rather than acting as a consonant; ঌ is its short counterpart.
The Bangla script developed from Brahmi, an ancient South Asian script, and was also used historically for Sanskrit. ৡ belongs to that older Sanskrit-writing set, not ordinary Bangla spelling.
A historical specialist letter for Sanskrit in Bangla script, outside everyday Bangla spelling.
In an ordinary Bangla word, it can look archaic or misspelled.
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Who writes ৡ
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does ৡ show as a box?
Your font or app lacks a glyph for this rare letter. A font with broader Bangla character coverage can display it; changing fonts changes its appearance, not the character.
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How to type or find ৡ
- Also called
- long li · ḹ
- Search it as
- ৡ · long vocalic l · ৡ vs ঌ
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ৡ\09E1Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.